Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-11-09
DISTRICT CoURT.
JUDGE ,. H. WRIGHT, PRESIDING.

| 5UDGE ,. H. WRIGHT, PRESIDING. MONDAY, November 7th.
 The November term of the distric
 court met at 10 o'clock to-day.
 Auner Wade and c. E. Boise claime(
 exemption from jury duty under thu
 provisions of the statutes exemptinl 1 justices of the peace.
 MT. Gift vas also excused.
 The judge ordered venire of five cd
 ditional grand juroIs. returnable at 2 p
 m-, to be issued.
 The appealed case of Territory vs Van Rupert was dismissed on motion oI defendants attorney, w. H. MoGrew, by Van Rupert paying the amount of hia
 fine, $25. into court.
 The case of James Loy vs. William E. Lockwood, on appeal from the pro bate court. was placed on the calendar.
 Court then took . recess until p. m.
 Upon convening, the grand jury vas sworn in and organized by appoint ment of I. J. Butler as foreman. The following charge was then admin istered to the grand Jury:
 GENr,ENKN OF THE GRAND JURY assume that you. like all other good citizens, are deeply interested in the maintenance of the supremacy of the law. Pou have been selected from the body of this county for the special pur- poss of making dligent inquiry into instancesof infractions of the law. My duty in charging you is to make such suggestions to you as may assist your inquiries. These inquiries involve the charge of grave and responsible duties e good citizens. You are, of course, interested in the ultimate welfare of our territory. Social order and the enforce ment of the laws lie at the foundation of all good government. Good society must have the protection of good gov ernment, and to have good government the citizen must fearlessly but impar- tially discharge his duty.
 Acting upon this principle the grand jury becomes an important factor in maintaining good government, and e you love our territorial government e you love your country and its welfare. e you love your own homes and firesides, I enjoin upon you to discharge your du- ties fearlessly, faithfully and impartially. If you study and carry out the obliga- ton of your oaths, you will not go far amiss. This oath requires that you in- dict no one through malice, hatred or i'll will, nor leave any unpresented through fear. favor or affection. It is your duty under the obligations of you T oath, to indict your dearest friend, e readily e your wcTst enemy. And in the spirit of this oath, gentlemen, I r gret to gay that it will be your duty to thoroughly investigate come very e. rious and grave infractions of the law in our county. 1 refer especially to the various homicides in Tonto Basin, which b ave caused the blush of shame to mantle the cheeks of many citizens. A large number of our fellow citizens in that region have disregalded the au- thority of the law and the rights of their fellow citizens And trust and believe, gentlemen, that you will thoroughly, impartially, but fearlessly investigate the infractions of the law committed in that region.
 The Judge then proceeded to minute ly instruct the jury e to the manner of conducting their businesss, and enloin- ed them to keep their proceedings e. cret, remarking that one of the great evils of grand jury system being the inc clinAtion to gossip over their proceed ings.
 TUESDAY, November 6th.
 When court opened this morning, 29 jurors answered to their names, of this number three were excused from jury duty. Dr. Olmstesd was excused on the ground that he was . practicing physician. G. o. sigsby was excused, e he claimed he was . nonresident of the county. Henry Meherns was also excused on account of not being able to | hear we'll.
 W. c. Hazledine, attorney for defend- | ant in the case of Art Mcdonald, filed his amended answer.
 U s. Attoraey Owen T. Rouse, having | telegraphed his inability to be pres ent until the 18th, the court appointed J. J. Hawkins to look after the in- terests of the U. s. until MT. Rouse ar- rives.
 In the case of the Atlantic < Pacific | R. R. VI. Baca, Court announced its in- tention to announce its decision on Thursday next.
 The Territory VI. Owen King, charged with manslAughter, was postponed un- til this afternoon.
 The Territory VI. Robert String6eld, was postponed until Tuesday, November l5, witnesses for the defense having | been delayed from being here to-day on account of sickness
 The grand jury then notified the Judge of their readiness to make par tial report. After they had filed in and taken their seats, foreman Butler hand ed the Court an indictment, charging Maritime Duran with murder committed on the person of Reyes BacA. The in- dictment was endorsed "A true bill" and was signed by the foreman.
 District Attorney J. c. Herndon made | . motion to have an attachment issued for H. c. Nellis, of Flagstaf. Nellis is . witness for the prosecution in the case of the Territory VI. Prime, Caruthers and Henley.
 The trial jurors were then excused until 2p. m.
 Court took recess until p. m.